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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
Applied to Agricultural Surveys.

1t will be remembered that forthe cur
rent fiscal year las well as for the next
Congress appropriated $50,000 for public
land surveys. Ofthis sun $4,000 vas
a%pportioned to Montana, and Land Com
missioner Sparks directed that it be ex-
pended in Missoula county in the survey
of lands claimed to be trespassed upon by
the Northern Pacific and further direct
ed that the maximum prices prescribed
by the government be paid and no more.
Advertisement was made but no bids
were received, as it was impossible for
any contractor to take the work in a
timbered mountainous country at the
prescribed figures and make his expenses
especially with the certainty of waiting
an indefinite time for his pay, which is
made necessary by the lack of appropria-
tions for clerk hire in the surveyor gener-
ais office.
The general land office was so advised
and Surveyor-General Greene has been
notiiedby Commissioner Sparks that the
contracts for the survey of lands embrace
ed anywhere within the limits of the
Northern Pacific land grant to the ex-
tent of the apportionment made to Mon
tana for public land serveys for this fis-
cal year, amounting to$l5,000. Except
ing, as noted above. the location of the
lands to be surveyed is left to the discre-
ton of the surveyor-general.
AZ but a small portion of the public
land in Montana can be surveyed under
the present apportionment, General
Greene is very DESTROYS that the amount
available may be so expended as to bene-
fit the greatest number of actual settlers
and residents.
Those settlers upon lands embraced
within the limits of the Northern Pacific
railroad land grant, who desire their
lands surveyed, should immediately
make application to the surveyor gener-
al for such a survey, There are now on
file in the surveyor generals Office ap-
plications from a%ctuall settlers sufficient
to dispose of 1000 of the apportionment
leaving 6,00O. to be distributed.
In making applications, the settlers in
each township should join in a written
application and should state as clearly
and concisely as possible. the township
and range in which the settler resides,
his p~ostoffice address, date of settlement
amoun of land under cultivation, length
to time cultivated, the extent, value and
character of improvements, the amount
of water available for irrigation, the
character of the lands adjacent, whether
agricultural, grazing, mountainous, tim
bered, etc, and such other information
as will enable the surveyor general to
form on intelligent judgment as to the
propriety of contracting surveyors for the
lands in question. Where practicable it
is advisable that applications should ne
under oath and supported by the testi-
mony OF two witnesses.-Independent.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
Personal Points.

Col Geo. o. Eaton, arrived in town
on Friday.
Jake Webster returned from a visit
to Pennsylvania on Thursday last.
-Chas. Tappan, an attorney at Cooke,
spcnt a day in the city last Wednesday.
A. G%oughnor, one of Livingston's
solid business men was in the city Satur-
day.
Miss Daisy Martin went to Helena
on Thursday to visit her aunt, Mrs Lang
horne, for a month.
-Jno. Besscrcr has been obliged to go
to Missoula and Spokane Falls and will
not be home for several days.
WIN. Murdoch, foreman for Mr.. God
win, was in the city last Thursday. The
roundup in his district begins June 9th.
Nelson Story, went to Billings on
Saturday and returned to Shields River
Sunday, where he has purchased some
bulls.
Agent Wilson, of the Wisconsin Cen
trail line, was in town on Wednesday last
r~ust,ing business for his popular COM
pany.
L. D. Brooks, who for several weeks
has been connected with the Courier of
flee, left last Wednesday for his home in
Helena.
Judge McLeary is preparing for an
other term of court to be held at Dillon,
beginning next Monday. He ard Clerk
Norton will leave On Friday.
-Magnus Lundwall, for several years
n compositor on tho Courier, visited
friends and relatives in Bozeman last
week. Mr.. Lundwall now holds cases on
the Stockgrowers' Journal,
MIR. +, d. Wilson. after visiting re-
latives in Bozeman and the valley for
two weeks past left OIL Saturday to visit
his nephew J. R. Dilworth of Dilworth,
Park county.
John Service on Friday joined the
surveying corps HOW eAsaSeu Ill SURVEY
ing a route to the Yellowstone for the
Bozeman & Butte Short Line.
7. X. Lysinger leaves next week for
Helena, where he will put in an electric
light plant. Mrs. Lysinger will go to
pittsburg for the summer.
Harry Sears for the past year a COM
positor on the Courier left on Monday
for bucolic sights and n His place
will be filled by Walter Anderson of
Tomah, Wis.
Attorney Shelton returned from a
trip to Spokane Falls, Cour d'Alenes and
Great Falls on Friday, and after spend
ing a few days here will locate at Hell
ena. Shelf. can talk boom to the queens
taste since visiting Great Falls.
DIR. Thornton, the specialist from
Kansas City, returned from Helena on
Thursday and expects to remain in Boze-
man most of the summer, where he now
has a dozen patients under his care.
He will make occasional brief visits to
Helena and Butte.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

A Fine Day and a Tremendous Turnout.

Monday, although very warm, brought
to town a very large number of farmers,
their wives, children and sweethearts.
Promptly at half past two the procession
formed into line, the Queen City Band
preceding, followed by VIM. English
Post, G. A. R., then a large number of
sunday School children, carrying flags
and flowers; City Council, with red,
white and blue ribbons; the Fire Depart
ment, divided into three companies and
a line of carriages extending from the
hall TO the cemetery, one-half mile
away. At the grounds Comrade Towers
delivered a short prayer, the Glee Club
sang an appropriate song and the band
rendered a few selections. Then the
members ofthe Post dividing. into squads,
decorated the graves of the dead COM
rades. To the music of the band the
procession then returned to the hall,
where the band again rendered a few
selections for the edification of the as
sembled mass of humanity.
At halfpast seven o'clock the Post
marched to the NJ. Z. church. where pub
lie services were held. Comrade George
o. Eaton delivered the Grafton in an able
and eloquent manner.
Altogether the first Memorial Day OBJ
served in Bozeman was a grand success
that far overreached the expectations of
the most sanguine. 1t gave but a faint
idea of the martial feeling that pervades
the land, yet it shows that this feeling
exists even in this far off mountain land.
Says the New Northwest:
1.-THE custom of the Grand Army of the
Republic, suggested by Gen. John A.
Logan, of dedicating May Both of each
year 10 memories and placing floral
tributes upon the graves of dead COM
rades, has universalized into a ommon
National observance of the day as one
sacred to the memories of the dead, when
the living shall visit the silent places of
their sepulture and upon them strew the
first and fairest flowers OF the rear. 1t
is no longer alone the observances of an
Order. 1t is participated in by all who
have their dead to remember lovingly
and the Nation has witt. wonderful &C.
cord Joined with the everlessening Or
ganization that assemblies on each Both
of Nav to honor their dead; and recognize
ing the great fraternal sentiment of
mans brotherhood, there are few graves
now, known or unknown, kindred or
stranger, in the cemeteries where Grand
Army Posts are located, but that the
evening of this day of May bear a token
of remembrance OF Kindness"
Among the pleasing sights of the Dec
Grafton Day parade was the Sabbath
school children in line. The little girls
were all dressed in white, each bearing a
handful of flowers. Ice water was fur
nished the little ines from a wagon
which followed the procession.
The talk of the town is about the won
derful success Of the Memorial Day cele-
bration. 1t went away beyond anyone's
eXpectatiOn.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
WHO is RILEY?

We are in receipt Of a letter from the
Big Horn 10 unintelligible that it cannot
be reproduced in full. 1t is intended to
convey intelligence to the wife of one
Gary or Gray Riley, who is at present
stopping on the Big Horn accompanied
by two children. Said Riley, sayeth de-
ponent, is a bad man with a big B, who
openly boasts of having killed two men
and apparently set upon adding the
scalps of several more to his string. He
is "sanday complektioned, five feet and
ten inches IN hith." If there is a widow
looking for such aman, Riley is undoubt-
eddy the person, and Notwithstanding
that our informant signifies his intention
of paying for this notice, there will no
charge, accept it be in shape of contribu-
ton for the time we expended in en-.
deavoring to decipher the letter.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
How to Catch Them.

There is many a boy in this valley
whose heart is sore over the fact that he
cannot raise money enough to buy traps
with which to catch the willy ground
squirrel. We present herewith the novel
and successful method adopted by a Fort
Benton man to catch prairie dogs. Says
the River Press:
"Joseph Mulligan of this city is render
ing it extremely unpleasant for the prai-
rie dogs and proposes to make it more
disagreeable for the territorial treasury.
He is operating in a large prairie dog
town on the opposite side of the river,
and the n in which he is gathering
in the skins of these cautious little AMI
mails is not to be despised, except by the
dogs and the territorial "bar'l." His
method is to Snare" them. The snare
is made of ! pliable willow pole some
six or seven feet long which Is sharpen
ed at one end and forced into the ground
al an angle of about forty-five degrees
and just far enough from the burrow so
that when bent over it will reach almost
to the edge ofthe hole. A notched peg
is them firmly driven into the ground a
little distance from the hole which is
designed to hold the spring pole in posi-
ton when the same is set. On the end
of the pole is attached a fine copper wire
with a running moose, which is carefully
placed around the hole, the opening be-
ing left just large enough to allow the
head of the dog to pass through easily as
he m out to the surface. Care should
be exercised to bend the wire just a little
at the point where the loop touches it SO
that it will always retain its position of a
perfect circle. The notched peg should
be carefully made 80 that the pole is
easily released. If these directions are
followed the first time the dog comes to
the surface he commits suicide, for the
loop hangs around his neck and the first
jump he makes to free himself springs
the pole and the dog is hung high above
| the ground. Sometimes their fore legs
get through the loop and they are caught
around the middle, in which case they
often release themselves by cutting the
wire with their teeth. The gentlemen
mentioned now has some five hundred
snares set, and in fine weather he ii
catching from forty to fifty per day. HI
says that for the first few days after thu
/ sDara 10 cot the doqa will not yept,,ra ont
In rainy weather the catch is small al
the animals remain under ground. Fl,
has found from experience that the cop
per wire is rather soft and easily cut, ant
he had to get a larger size than he frs
tried. He is thinking of getting stee
wire as it will be equally as pliable ant
harder to cut. In two weeks time hi
catch his run well up into the hundreds.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
A T

Residents of Willow Creek inform us
that they are adverse to the building of
a railroad through the narrow valley of
Willow creek, which must necessarily cut
their farms in twain. The Hauser syn
dictate is now actively prosecuting survey
work and the people are unanimous in
their protest. The English land owners
have made extra inducements to the rail-
road projectors to run the road up Will
low creek, and 1t is possible that the
wishes of the people who own small
ranches in that section will be entirely
d~isregarded in order to secure the large
grant of land which the Englishmen
have donated.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

We have received with the compll-
ments of Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent of the Northern Pa
cific railroad, a COPY of "Wonderland or
Alaska and the Inland Passage" also
Proctor Knots speech on "The Zenith
City of the unsalted Sea-" with comic
Illustrations and "Alice's Adventures in
the New Wonderland, besides a pamph-
let description of Spokane Falls, the
great Milling, Mining, Commercial and
Manufacturing Metropolis of Eastern
Washington" These books and pamph-
lets will do much to induce visitors to
gaze at thegrand beauties of Wonderland
and will obtain many settlers for new
and thriving points along the Northern
Pacific.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
JOHN STEVENS DEAD.

On Tuesday last Judge A. d. McPher.
son received a letter from DIR. Mnssigbrod
announcing the death of John Stevens
at the Warm Springs hospital on the
23rd of May. John Stevens was for
many years a resident of the Gallatin
valley, and at the time of his death was
was not quite fifty years of age. He was
a native of Canada, where he has m
u relatives, John Stevens had been a
resident of the Rocky Mountain region
for over twenty-five years, and was for
several years prior to the commencement
of the malady which unsettled his rea-
son and compelled his retirement to the
insane hospital for the past three years,
an energetic miner at Cooke City, where
he helped develope several fine proper
ties.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
Montana Regents Victory.

The louisville Courier.Journal of May
18th says: After the great race between
Montana Regent and Lucky B., yesterday
when the judges were settling the ques-
ton ofthe foul, E. j. Baldwin said: 81
sent Murphy up to claim that foul be-
cause it was the most palpable n I ever
saw. l generally refrain from making a
kick, and this is the second foul l wei
claimed during my long career on the
turf. As for Montana Regent and my
horse, Lucky B., l will say this: If Mr..
Morrissey thinks SO much of Montana
Regent, will match either Lucky B. or
Volante against him for a nickel or for
$4,000 as he chooses. He can arrange
the match if he wishes to see his horse
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
BORN.

At Creamery, May 10Th, 1887, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward Cockrill, a daughter.
AT Gallatin City, May 18th, to George
Moss and wife, a son.
At West Gallatin, May 10th, to ]. G.
Lane and wife, a daughter.
In Bozeman, May Goth, 1887, to T.. B..
sackett and wife, a daughter.
At Middle Creek. May 9th, to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Murphy, a daughter.
In Bozeman May Both, to ]. B. Christ
mar and wife, a son.
In Bozeman, May 31st; 1887, to Arthur
Elliott and wife, a son.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
FIRE CLAY,

MI. Cary. of Bozemar, an experienced
fire clay brick maker, who for some
months has been employed in making
brick at Cooke, has discovered a bank of
fire CLAW three miles from Bozeman and
is preparing to begin operation in the
manufacture of brick at once. He says
the clay is as fine as any he has ever seen
and that he can make a superior quality
of brick from it is an assured fact, He
will begin work at once.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

Trains On the Northern Pacific are
delayed both east and west of Bohemian.
At the Muilan tunnel a serious cave in
the center of the tunnel compels pas
sengers and baggage to be transferred,
while at Boulder on the east the high
water has washed away a portion of the
bridge.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
THE SHAD.

Mr.. J. B. Bogert has recently sent to
New York City for his annual mess of
shad, a fish that is certainly beyond COM
pare, or as an eastern paper describes it:
"When the angel made shad,
The devil was mad,
For it seemed such Il feast of delight;
So, to ruin the scheme
He jumped into the stream,
And stuck in the bones out of Spite
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
sozEMAN's PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY.

articles of association OF the Bozeman
academy have been filed in the t%erritori-
al secretary's office. The academy will
be managed by twelve directors who ale
amenable to the Presbytery only to the
extent of being confirmed by that body.
The following are the ministers named
for the fist year: Lester S. Wilson,
Henry Delaine, B. W. Badger, J.. M.
Waters, R. NJ. Stevenson, George Miles,
Peter Koch. G. S. Hartman, Nelson Story,
W. W. Wylie, J. r. Dilworth, Walter
Cooper, =
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01
LOCAL BUSINESS NOTES,

Lindley has houses to rent.
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Fine Table Sauces at Pendieton's.
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Fancy Lemons at Pendleton's.
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Lawn tents at A. L4amme Il Co,
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Messina Oranges at Pendleton's.
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Blood Oranges at Pendleton's.
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Imperial Oranges at PendletDn's.
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Fancy Dried Fruits of all kinds at PEN
dleton's.
Clipped Beef, in any quantity, at Pen.
dleton's.
French, Italian and Turkish Prunes at
Pendleton's.
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Desirable city property for sale, terms
easy, by Walter Cooper.
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A. Lamme & Co. keep a full line of
Jas. S. Kirk 4 Co.'S toilet soap.
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EASTMAN HOUSE RE.OPENED-
Board by the day or week at reasonable
rates. J.. Ii, TAYLOR.
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WALL PAPLR.-A new supply of the
latest patterns at j.. II. TAyLOR's.
For cool and refreshing drinks of Milk
Punch and Sherry Flip go to the Laclede
Billiard Rooms.
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Go to Stevens & Co.'S, for the best
brands OF w. II. McBrayer and the now
famous Standard Time whiskeys.
For fine domestic or imported cigars go
to the Laclede Billiard Parlors.
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The Laclede Billiard Parlors have late
ly been refurnished and refitted, making
1t n of the finest resorts in the city.
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Only the very best goods are kept at
Stevens Il Co.'S. Give them a call while
in the City.
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Miss Marshall will sell Trimmed Hats
at a great reduction on Saturday June
4th. Call and see, Main st. opposite
Wilson.
James Switzer, architect, will draw
plans and give estimates on all kinds of
buildings. Give him a call if you are GO
ing to build. He will give you satisfac-
ton.
Phil. Dodson has lately been experim-
snting with several brands of cigars, and
now keeps those that please his custom
ers best. Drop into Pills place if you
want a satisfactory smoke.
John Nissen, the harness man, pur-
chased a large supply of harness trim
mings while in Helena last week, and is
now prepared to make harness to suit
every person and purse. GIVE him a call
if you want goods in his line and get his
prices.
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John Nissen, the harness and saddle
a is exhibiting a fine lot of goods in
his line. Cowboys and ranchmen who
need saddles or harness will make mon.
ey by looking oven his stock. Write for
price list.
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Pendleton has just received a large
inycice of the famous Hoffman HOUSE
Boquet cigar, together with a choice line
of Studios, Coney Island, Penix. La Ii
Montez, and Kew Vests of a half dozer
varieties. These cigars are all choict
brands, new to this territory, which will
certainly meet witty the appreciation o
| all lovers o fthe weed.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

A wave of excitement struck the town
on Monday in the shape of an article
from a Portland German paper, which it
was said published an article to the eff
feet that George Woodson, for many
years a resident of Bnzeman, had killed
his mistress, Upon an investigation a
CHRONICLE representative found that the
item referred to a negro named Woods,
who killed his wife some weeks ago at
Pocatello,
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

Judge McLeary and Clerk Norton re-
turned from Virginia City on Thursday,
where the Judge has just finished a term
of court. This makes the second term
the Judge has held in Virginia, and the
Madisonian still speaks of him as an able
and impartial judge, who it regrets to
have resign the bench of this district.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

Elaine coal oil at Lamme's.
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First. class stove wood at Jones' del |
ivered to any part of the city.
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Send orders for stove wood, lumber,
etc, via telephone to Jones' mill.
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Seed Barley and Chop Feed at Boze-
man Hardware Company's store.
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Our stock is now arriving daily.
BOHEMIAN HARDWARE Co.
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A large assortment of Baby Carriages
just received at j. BAsINsKI 4 Bros.
Pendleton keeps the best of everything
in Confectionery, Fruits and Groceries.
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I have adopted the cash system.
). H.; Osborn, Drugs, &c,
The highest cash prices paid for Butter
Eggs and Poultry at ELLIOTT 4 BoLIN's
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An elegant line ofpen and pencil tablets
and box stationary received at ]. H. Tay.
lor.
Phil. Dodson's. at the sign of the big
lnjun," is the place to go for smokers
articles.
CORN MEAL.-A. Lamme & Co. have
just received a large invoice of Fresh
Corn Meal.
Phil. Dodsoh still leads with fine
cigars and the best tobacco, both in stock
and prices.
The best of fire stove wood; cut or UNI
cut. delivered or not at a reasonable price
at Jones' mill.
For bargains in city property, farms
etc, call on Walter Cooper, Cooper's
Block, up stairs.
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My chop feed mill is now running and
l guarantee to give my customers satis-
faction.
O. P. JONES.
Go to the nickle and dime counters at
j. ii. Taylor's for toys and notions of
every description.
Phil. Dodson is handling d. NJ. Ferry
4 Co.'S, celebrated seeds Call early and
make your selections.
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Just arrived at A. Lamme 4 Co.'s, 0
large assortment of wagon covers, min
er's wedge and wall tents.
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CoRD WooD:-Sawed and delivered il
lengths to suit n stoves can be secured
at Jones' planning and chop mill.
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A. Lamme & Co., have just received
car load of the celebrated family coal OF
Elaine. 1t is the best, get no other.
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Steel traps and Everything in tn
Hardware line at
BOHEMIAN HARDWARE Co.
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Wall Paper.-Phil. Dodson has Just re
ceived a new invoice of Wall Paper @
the latest designs. Call on him and &c
prices and see the new styles.
Elliott 4 Bolin have introduced tn
:, "Strictly Cash. system in their EIa,
Grain and Flour business. 1t works lik
a charm.
Pendleton still has a large stock of til
choicest apples in town, together wit
late shipments OF lemons, oranges an
! other fruit.
A. Lamme & Co. have lately receive
: a full line of market and clothes baskei
. and hampers. These goods are exit
l quality, Of all sizes and styles.
We are just in receipt of a carload
: Jas. s. Kirk 4 Co.'s laundry soap, o
which our prices are as low AS the low
est. A, Lamme 4 Go.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

DR.. Kruse has purchased a ranch six
miles from town and is now engaged in
outside work, besides attending to pro-
fessional duties. The doctor has pro-
cured from Judge Carson a certificate
showing that he is a regularly practicing
physician, as shown by documents from
the clerk of the court at his former resi-
dence in Illinois.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

Edmonia Lewis. the sculptor, is colored.
Overcoming the prejudice of her sex and
color and self-educated. Miss Lewis is
now successfully pursuing her profession
in Italy. She is a sister of Sam Lewis
of Bohemian.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

We would suggest that the court house
lots be fenced with iron, and the prison.
ers, when there are any, be made to
adorn the grounds with trees, and an eff
fort be made to have the grass grow on
the lots. II wonld add much to the beau
ty of the structures enclosed.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-01

Lieutenant Ed Fridley has been going
around this week with his neck in a
sling. The other evening some one threw
him a hot ball from third, and instead of
stopping it with his dukes" the ball
paralyzed his fingers and lit onto his
neck. He will hereafter devote his spare
time to the amusement of military ma
Movers